[ncdnhc-discuss] modified res on sec&stab

[Jefsey Morfin]

On 22:02 27/10/01, Milton Mueller said:
>The Internet's robust design, based among other factors in its 
>distributed, decentralized nature, currently is based on the central 
>coordination
>of a few resources, including domain names,
>Internet addresses, and protocol parameters.

I am sorry but this contradicts. Distribution and decentralization cannot 
be made robust by any centralization. So you may say that the robust design 
comes from the limitation of the number of centralized ressources. Then 
distribution and decentralization made robust by a limited number of 
centralized ressources cannot be made more robust by any coordination, 
which will obviously be all the more complex and weaker than the system is 
more distributed, more decentralized and larger. You can only say that it 
is made robust by independent mechanisms preventing collisions about the 
election of the limited number of ressources which had to be kept centralized.

This mechanism is the registration - on a first come first serve basis in 
an unique directory - of the registrants fullfiling an adequate 
prerequisite according to an equal to all definition and subject to an 
equal to all verification of their compliance with such a prerequisite, so 
there cannot be any delay, uncertainity or dispute. Conflicts that may 
arise are handled between the concerned parties - with the possible 
invovement of the concerned Internet Community - who document the register 
with the outcome.

The registered resources according to that registration service are TLD 
names, protocol numbers and IP address blocks.

One may dispute on this as long as we want. This is the only way it can 
work because this is the nature of any network of any kind. If the 
registration is not adequate registration is replaced by public 
declaration, what we observe with NSI (iDN and NS), New.net, Name Slinger, 
XTNS, RT/BP, inclusive roots, etc...

Among countries that declaration was often war declaration until the UN 
helped a little bit with registrations towards resolutions.

Jefsey Morfin